The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is using the Zero Suicide approach to expand suicide prevention training.

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Primary Care

Primary care is the setting in which Americans receive most of their health and behavioral health care. Frequent contacts and long-standing relationships between primary care providers (PCPs) and their patients make primary care an ideal setting for suicide prevention.

Why Address Suicide Prevention

People who die by suicide are more likely to have seen a PCP in the previous month before their death than any other health care provider.1

For a patient at risk for suicide, a visit with the PCP may be the only chance to access needed care.

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center at EDC is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), under Grant No. 5U79SM062297.

The views, opinions, and content expressed in this product do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or policies of CMHS, SAMHSA, or HHS.